First RvB Recovery One episode will cost you
by Dustin Burg 
{ Oct 28th 2007 at 12:15PM }
The first episode of Rooster Teeth's RvB "Recovery One" mini-series is now available exclusively on the XBLM, but we're sorry to report that it'll cost you. This first mini-series episode is available to all Xbox Live regions and (unexpectedly) costs 80 Microsoft points to download. For some reason we expected "Recovery One" to be free, but we guess Rooster Teeth's last hoorah into Halo 2 machinima comes with a price. Oh well, what are a bunch of fanboys to do? You'll just have to decide whether or not purchasing the new episodes is worth the cost and worth experiencing team Rooster Teeth's final Halo 2 project. Though, we've heard that the mini-series' lead character Agent Washington is one insightful guy. We're not sure what we meant by that, just be sure to spend wisely.[Thanks, DjDATZ]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Neebs @ Oct 28th 2007 12:22PM
Well, screw them then. I'll just catch it on Youtube.
spartan_agr @ Oct 28th 2007 12:31PM
^^^^exactly
maniac0201 @ Oct 28th 2007 12:39PM
Youtube FTW!
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 28th 2007 1:17PM
Oh, no! $1! How will I *ever* afford that.
People paid good money for RvB episodes before, both during the season and for the DVDs.
And YouTube? You can bet they'll be taken down almost as soon as they're put up. Something about LICENSING RIGHTS.
elmersglue @ Oct 28th 2007 1:51PM
Too bad rooster teeths shit always sucks ass. Bunch of guys that think they're funny but usually arent. It's amazing how easily entertained some people are...
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 28th 2007 2:16PM
Attack of the Pathetic Troll.
Jack the Ripper @ Oct 28th 2007 2:20PM
Eighty Microsoft points isn't so bad, but that's probably the maximum I'd be willing to pay for this sort of thing. Now, if this was a Strong Bad e-mail about Halo, I'd pay out my ass in billybucks for it, and I'd be happy about it.
E.J. @ Oct 28th 2007 2:45PM
If you're a sponsor on their site, they said they'd try to get it to you for free soon after they post it on XBLM.
siddharth s @ Oct 28th 2007 3:43PM
Ok, so these guys think they are professional film makers who should charge people for this? I thought this was amateurs who were doing it for the spirit of fun. Guess I was wrong. It's kinda lame that they think it's worth (any) money ...
MY2NADS @ Oct 28th 2007 4:06PM
@elmersglue, well until you can make something equally great in internet's eyes then you have every right to bitch and complain. At least RT did something that tries to be funny and entertaining to the masses and you know I think your just mad that people are that simple and RT just capalized on the success and making $$$ from it while having the talent to make machinima from using the xbox/360. If you think you can come out with better then I'll like to see it (but you prob, say I have something better to do with my time like rest of the loosers out there just talk crap) but remember this there's no such thing as a perfect comedy.
Flaym Sior @ Oct 28th 2007 4:55PM
At siddharth s : They've been at it for quite a while, have 5 DVDs... make that 6, and have been charging $10 for six months access for 3 years. Of course they can charge for RvB.
To correct E.J. though, the first episode is indeed available online for sponsors. Check Burnie's journal for the forum link.
Deezul @ Oct 28th 2007 5:38PM
elmersglue - Here, here! They aren't that funny - unless you're a teenager who doesn't get out much. I've force myself to sit through their free videos on XBLM, both the RvB and the Shadowrun ones. I'm still waiting for the funny ones. So I'm supposed to give them props because they got bored and started recording videos and are getting paid? Let me ask you then... are Uwe Boll movies THAT MUCH better because he's making even more money? Getting paid = quality? Puh-leeze.
Anticrawl @ Oct 28th 2007 6:07PM
If they made this mini-series with Halo 3 then I'd pay 80 ms points. But a 3 year old method of machinima really isn't worth the 1 dollar, I'll watch it on veoh.
mike @ Oct 28th 2007 6:15PM
rvb crap has been stupid and childish from day one. I cant believe it became popular. You would have to pay ME over 400 MS points to sit through one episode.
I still cant believe people find that garbage funny.
Code @ Oct 28th 2007 6:35PM
I wouldn't pay for it. RvB is ok, but not worth the money.
HalfAzn @ Oct 28th 2007 6:42PM
I can't even seem to find where to go in video marketplace to spend my money and download this. I hate the way the marketplace is set up...it desperately needs a search feature!
Insomnious @ Oct 28th 2007 7:56PM
RvB was mildly funny back in the day. But now... they've taken the joke far too far. In my opinion, watching Master Chief models from Halo 2 jiggle their heads up and down, while grown men put on poor comedic voices isn't entertainment.
And now to charge 80 MSPoints seems like they've become far too full of themselves as well. There are people doing much better parodies, and offering them for free.
melloncollie @ Oct 28th 2007 9:00PM
Wow...
Do most of you make a habit of bitching?
Trashman @ Oct 28th 2007 9:02PM
Im very willing to pay. Those guys deserve it
rockeranimefreak @ Oct 28th 2007 10:57PM
spare some microsoft points? :P or a cam version? :)
JayFight @ Oct 29th 2007 2:56AM
actually if you look back you'll see that RT has put out a low level version of every episode they've made (with a few exeptions) and the ones that have made it to the XBLM cost 80mp an episode so don't whine about it cause they will probably make downgraded version for the website for free and for those who hate RvB and/or RT qwuitcherbitchen and don't read the articules you 12 year old trolls
elmersglue @ Oct 29th 2007 4:54AM
wait, so the guys saying that dubbing over lame voices to a multiplayer halo session with bobbing heads is lame are the 12 year olds? right...i think the funniest stuff theyve done is the shit they did in halo 3 with the door knocking thing... all versions of that were pretty humorous
luis @ Oct 29th 2007 10:28AM
I don't know much about RvB. I guess I am more concerned about how they continue to expand the ways to charge you on XBL and PSN. It seems like they are moving toward making every download something they can get a little bit of money for.
This is unrelated to RvB, but it seems if I pay $60 for a game, shouldn't I get the whole game? It's a matter of semantics to call something "extra content." If you put it in the game in the first place, it's not extra. It's just a more complete game.
As for the RvB, if they can get people to buy their series, all the power to them. I've seen a couple of episodes and I probably won't. But to each their own.
Marty @ Oct 29th 2007 1:39PM
yeah all the ones on youtube have been pulled due to copyright. screw rooster teeth for charging i will bitch as much as i please i shake my head that I actually wanted to waste my time on watching it i'd rather play the game.